Dhruv Nath - Director, Lead Angels Network
Co-Author, Funding Your Startup

Dhruv Nath

Director, Lead Angels Network Co-Author, Funding Your Startup

More about Dhruv Nath

Co - Author, "Funding Your Startup - And Other Nightmares", published by Penguin

Director, Lead Angels Network

Formerly Professor at MDI Gurgaon,

Formerly Senior Vice President with NIIT. 

Angel Investor, Author, Speaker, and Mentor to Startups

In the past I have done assignments in IT Strategy and eBusiness Consulting with with the Top and Senior Management of Glaxo, Bajaj Auto, Apollo Hospitals, Vijaya Bank, Agriculture Insurance Company, Thermax, dr Beck, Gillette, Raymond, Indianoil, Air India, IL&FS, along with eGovernance Consulting and Workshops for the Prime Minister of Namibia and the Chief Minister of Delhi

Have earlier written two books, "The Nuts and Bolts of E Commerce,"​ and "The Nuts and Bolts of CRM", both published by Tata McGraw Hill, on simplifying IT Technologies for the Manager.

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eChai Startup Demo Day in Mumbai
Gurugram Startup Meetup
The Ultimate Startup Growth Meetup in Gurugram
eChai Startup Demo Day in Gurugram
eChai Startup Demo Day in Delhi-NCR
eChai Breakfast Social: South Delhi edition
eChai Startup Demo Day in Delhi-NCR
eChai Startup Demo Day in Delhi-NCR
Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Noida
Startup Growth Networking Meetup in Mumbai
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Pankaj Bhimani
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Utpal Vaishnav
Founder @ Upsquare & House of Starts • Angel Investor + LP
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